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Predictive validity of the Braden scale, Norton scale and Waterlow scale in Slovak Republic [PDF]

Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2015
Aim: To determine the levels of predictive validity of scales for assessing the risk of pressure ulcers (Braden, Norton and Waterlow scales) in the Slovak clinical setting. Design: A prospective study. Methods: One hundred patients staying in a long-term
Lenka Šáteková, Katarína Žiaková, Renáta Zeleníková   +2 more
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Validity of the Waterlow scale and risk of pressure injury in acute care [PDF]

British Journal of Nursing, 2010
Aim: To assess the validity of the Waterlow screening tool in a cohort of internal medicine patients and to identify factors contributing to pressure injury. Method:A longitudinal cohort study design was used. A total of 274 patients (mean age 65.3 years) admitted through the emergency department or outpatient clinics of a tertiary hospital in ...
Joan Webster
exaly   +7 more sources

Comparing the Waterlow and Jackson/Cubbin pressure injury risk scales in intensive care units: A multi-centre study. [PDF]

Int Wound J
Abstract To compare the predictive properties of the Jackson/Cubbin scale and Waterlow scales in intensive care unit patients. A multi‐centre study. This study was conducted between April 2021 and February 2023 in 72 intensive care units of 38 tertiary hospitals in Gansu Province, China.
Yang Q, Yang Z, Lv L, Zhang H, Tao H, Pei J, Ma Y, Han L.   +7 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

A escala de Waterlow aplicada em pessoas com lesão medular La escala de Waterlow aplicada en personas con lesión medular The Waterlow scale applied in people with spinal cord injury

Avances en Enfermería, 2011
Objetivos: Avaliar os fatores de risco para úlceras por pressão em pessoas hospitalizadas por lesão medular, utilizando a Escala de Waterlow e as orientações prestadas para os pacientes antes e depois do aparecimento das úlceras.
Rita Monica Borges Stüdart, Züila Maria de Figueiredo Carvalho, Elizabeth Mesquita Melo, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Islene Victor Barbosa   +4 more
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Improving Outcomes: Early Nursing Functional Evaluation of Patients with Intracranial Aneurysms After Surgery—Preliminary Results [PDF]

Medicina
Background and Objectives: Intracranial aneurysms are localized, pathological dilatations of the walls of cerebral arteries. While small, unruptured aneurysms may not require intervention, treatment decisions involve complex clinical dilemmas, balancing ...
Dominika Bąk, Katarzyna Kwiecień-Jaguś, Renata Piotrkowska, Monika Kopeć   +3 more
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Comparing the accuracy of the braden and the waterlow scales for pressure ulcer risk assessment in intensive care unit

Nursing and Midwifery Studies, 2022
Background: Pressure ulcer (PU) is a common problem in intensive care unit (ICU). Risk assessment is the first step to PU prevention. Nonetheless, there is no consensus over the best PU risk assessment scale.
Sina Valiee, Syede Mona Nemati, Midia Hossaini, Hajar Kashefi, Hiwa Mohammadi   +4 more
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Evaluation of the clinical effectiveness of bundled care interventions on pressure ulcer incidence in neurosurgical patients [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundPressure ulcers are a common and serious complication in neurosurgical patients, primarily due to prolonged immobility. Effective prevention is essential to improving patient outcomes.
Ai-Hua Lv, Xi Zhang, Xiu-Ling Sun, Xiu-Lan Liu, Jun-Qing Qi, Hui-Na Li   +5 more
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The accuracy of the risk assessment scale for pressure ulcers in adult surgical patients: a network meta-analysis [PDF]

BMC Surgery
Background This study aims to synthesize existing evidence regarding the accuracy of different scales to assess the risk of intraoperative acquired pressure injury (IAPI), thus providing guidance for the accurate clinical screening of IAPI risk and ...
Yanfen Shang, Fei Wang, Yuqian Cai, Qi Zhu, Xingsun Li, Rongrong Wang, Tao-Hsin Tung   +6 more
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Quality of life and associated characteristics in long-term care residents with advanced dementia in Macao: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics
Background The quality of life (QoL) of long-term care residents with advanced dementia represents a critical concern. However, empirical data on this topic especially within Chinese society remains relatively scarce. Aims This study aimed to investigate
Jianwei Wu, Kuai In Tam, Han Wang, Mingxia Zhu   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Predictive values of Braden and waterlow scales to assess the risk of pressure ulcer : Review article [PDF]

Disease and Diagnosis, 2016
Introduction: Pressure ulcer is a kind of skin disorder that is developed due to increase of localized pressure on a part of body. Due to the terrible consequences of pressure ulcer, it is essential to prevent it. A common method to prevent is using risk
Saeedeh Solati, Maryam Ahmadinezhad, Samaneh Alizadeh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source